erupt

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/ɪˈɹʌpt/

verb

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To spontaneously release pressure or tension.
To eject something violently (such as lava or water, as from a volcano or geyser).
(Of birds, insects, etc.) To suddenly appear in a certain region in large numbers.

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Tom looked like a volcano about to erupt.
The third molar tooth erupts late in most people, and sometimes does not appear at all.
The volcano erupted, spewing lava across a wide area.

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And Stamford Bridge erupted with joy as Florent Malouda slotted in a cross from Drogba, who had stayed just onside.
2010 December 29, Chris Whyatt, “Chelsea 1 - 0 Bolton”, in BBC
After particularly good seasons, flocks "erupt" from their breeding grounds and appear in reed beds where they have not been seen for years, if ever.
1988, Michael Cady, Rob Hume, editors, The Complete Book of British Birds, page 242
Some of the most beautiful and thus appealing physical theories, including quantum electrodynamics and quantum gravity, have been dogged for decades by infinities that erupt when theorists try to prod their calculations into new domains. Getting rid of these nagging infinities has probably occupied far more effort than was spent in originating the theories.
2012 January 26, Michael Riordan, “Tackling Infinity”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 1, archived from the original on 30 Apr 2013, page 86

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From Latin eruptus, past participle of ērumpō (“to break out (of), to burst out (from)”), from e (“out”) + rumpō (“to break”).